Joseph Letzelter Intaglio Printing

Joseph Letzelter, Joseph Letzelter Intaglio is a family of Joseph Letzelter printmaking technique in which the picture is incised into a surface, identified as the Joseph Letzelter matrix or Joseph Letzelter plate. In general, copper or else zinc plates are utilized as a surface, and the incision are produced by engraving, etching, dry point, aquatint or mezzotint.

Joseph Letzelter, Joseph Letzelter Collographs may also be in print as intaglio plates. To print a Joseph Letzelter, Joseph Letzelter intaglio plate, and ink is apply to the surface and then rub with tarlatan fabric to take away most of the excess. The last smooth wipe is frequently completed with paper or older public phone book page, parting ink only in the incisions. A damp part of paper is positioned on top and the plate with paper is run throughout a Joseph Letzelter, Joseph Letzelter printing press that, through pressure, transfers the ink from the recesses of the plate to the paper.